Bracket-support for vehicle-tops.



A. G. STEINB RENNER. BRAGKET SUPPORT FOR VEHICLE TOPS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.16, 1910.

1,016,653. r Patented Feb. 6, 1912.

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IN YEN Tan AND HEW,G/STEIIIBRE ZYIYER ANDREW G. STEINBRENNER, FCLEVELAND, OHIO.

BRACKET-SUPPOET FOR VEHICLE-TOPS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 6, 1912.

Application filed March 16, 1910. Serial No. 549,589.

. To all whom it may concern a how the number of bows to Be it knownthat I, ANDREW GQSTEIN- BRENNER, a citizen of the United States, re-

siding at-Cleveland, in the county of Guyahoga and State of Ohio,haveinvented certain new. and useful Improvements in *ehicle Tops, of isa specification. My invention re ates to a new and original constructionof arm for vehicle tops adapted to be used in connection withautomobiles, carriages, buggiesand wagons, substantially as herein shownand described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of anautomobile having a top with bows sustained improved devices, and Fig. 2is a side eleva-- tion of the sustaining parts. Fig. 3 is a sectionalelevation of Fig. 2 at right angles thereto. 7

As thus shown the invention, comprises, first, the arm A, which isintended to be rigidly afiixed to a. vehicle body and to become by mynew and a rigid and fixed support for the top through the immediatesupport C for the bows B. To this end said arm is constructed with aflat and relatively wide face portion 2 at its bottomor base providedwith screw. holes to fasten it in place, an outwardly curved andsubstantially right angled elbow 8 and a socket i transversely at itstop. This brings the said base 2 and the body of said arm substantiallyinto parallel planes. Next beneath said socket 4C and on the inside thesaid arm has arecess or slot a which opens 'into'said socket and, inwhich there is a pivotally mounted catch or latch 5, having a tooth orengaging portion 6 projecting into said socket, and a spiral spring Tinrecess a bears against the lower portion of said catch 5 in suchrelation to the pivot 8 thereof that the said catch is held normally inengaging position. Now, having anarm like this in place on a vehiclebody, say imposition to support the bows of the 05p therefrom whereverthey may be located, I employ support or supporting member C, may haveseveral arms accordingto be supported thereon or therefrom and whi i hasa lateral projecwhich 7 case.

tion 9 on its inner side and bottom of a size and shape to enter snuglyinto socket 4 and support the top thereon. Said projection has a notch10 on its bottom adapted to be engaged by the. point or nose 6 on saidcatch 5 when the parts are operatively united and thus lock themtemporarily together. Now, having the parts united in this way theconnection between them is. not only secure and noise-less in operationbut such as to permit easy and convenient detachment and the latch 5 issuch as to spring automatically into engagement when the parts arebrought together.

The part C may have one, two, or three branches and be otherwisedifierentiated to connect one or several bows therewith, according toits location on the vehicle, and two different forms thereof are shownin this instance.

Bracket arm A is also provided with an integral or rigid button 12 atits outside which is of advantage in fastening the usual side curtainsdirectly upon said bracket instead of upon the body of the vehicle as isnow the Obviously when the curtain is held by this button 12, accidentaldisplacement of projection 9 is more or less prevented if latch 5 isopen or not properly locked.

The foregoing mechanism is not only exceedingly convenient forattachment and dc tachment of the top, but it is particularlyadvantageous and valuable on account of the peculiar shape of the arm Awhich extends laterally directly from a to Y its point of attachment tothe car body and thus widens the bows and the top very materially ascompared with tho car body and especially affords elbow room to theparty who is driving the car.

What I claim is: I A I In supports 'for vehicle tops, a bracket armadapted to be rigidly attixed to avehicle body and having a body portionwith a substantially right angled outwardly curved elbow near its base,said arm provided with a transverse sleeve shaped socket 4. in its upperend at substantially right angles to its base and a recess a on itsinside next beneath said socket and open thereto, ,a spring pressedcatch 5 and a pivot S'tlierefOi-"in said recess and a spring behind saidcatch thus disengage said projection 9 and permit.

adapted to throw the same upward into said the top to be removed. 10socket in combination with a vehicle top In testimony whereof I aflix mysignature support C having an inward projection 9 on in presence of twowitnesses.

its inside fitting in said socket and provided ANDR-EVV G. STEINBRENNER.

with a notch. on its under side engaged by Witnesses:

said catch, said catch being adapted to be F. C. MUssUN,

engaged below its pivot to be depressed and E. M. FISHER.

